HI Bob,
Here is a couple of links that may clarify the concept of OF driver.
https://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf
https://www.opennetworking.org/competition
Le 17/05/2013 20:51, Bob Lantz a écrit :
What precisely is an OpenFlow driver?
Is it something like openflowj or libopenflow which sends and receives
OpenFlow messages?
Is it an API/protocol abstraction layer like OpenDaylight's SAL which
might provide a new protocol or API to work with multiple versions of
OpenFlow as well as proprietary vendor protocols which replace or
extend OpenFlow/ofconfig/etc.?
Is it an OpenFlow implementation on top of switching hardware (or
software) like Indigo/Switch Light?
Is it a software switch like Open vSwitch?
On May 16, 2013, at 10:38 PM, David Erickson <deric...@stanford.edu
<mailto:deric...@stanford.edu>> wrote:
FYI:
*Press Releases*
*Open Networking Foundation Launches Industry's First Open-Source
"OpenFlow^(TM) Driver" Contest*
//
/Competition to Encourage Implementation, Interoperability of the
OpenFlow Standard/
OPEN NETWORKING SUMMIT, Santa Clara, Calif., April 17, 2013 -- The
Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated
to promoting Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced the
industry's first competition to create an open-source "OpenFlow^(TM)
Driver." The competition is open to the worldwide development
community to create an interoperable open-source implementation of
the latest OpenFlow standard. ONF intends the competition to produce
an OpenFlow driver that everyone from network equipment vendors and
ISVs to operators, and larger open-source projects can use for easy
transitions between different implementations of the OpenFlow
protocol. The winner of the "OpenFlow Driver" competition will be
awarded one grand prize of $50,000.
"ONF is committed to solving market needs in very practical ways,"
said Dan Pitt, executive director of the Open Networking Foundation.
"This competition is designed to encourage additional SDN innovation
by seeking additional open-sourced technology solutions. We want this
OpenFlow Driver to be of use for global developers of OpenFlow
products, making it easier for them to build value around and easily
update the OpenFlow protocol component with the latest ONF
specifications as they evolve."
The competition is open to all organizations and individuals
worldwide interested in developing an OpenFlow driver that any
developer can use in a controller or switch to maintain compatibility
among switches and controllers. The contest will open for submissions
on April 16, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, and will close
on August 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Judges, who will be selected by
the Foundation, will critique on the following:
·Compliance with the OpenFlow specification standard
·Correctness of operation with test harness
·Ease with which the submission can be integrated into a controller
·Completeness of the implementation
·Clarity of the code and architecture
·Memory footprint
·Potential performance and scaling of the architecture
·Portability of the code
·Modularity of the code
·Extensibility and maintainability of the code
·Integration with multiple programming languages
·Performance and scalability of the code
The winner will be announced on September 30, 2013. The winning entry
will be provided under both Apache 2.0 and GPL dual-licenses for
maximum compatibility with both open-source projects and commercial
ones. For more information about the open-source "OpenFlow Driver"
competition and submission guidelines, please visit
www.opennetworking.org/competition
<http://www.opennetworking.org/competition>. Competition terms and
rules can be found at:
www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf
<http://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf>.
About ONF
Launched in 2011 by Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft,
Verizon, and Yahoo!, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is a
growing nonprofit organization with more than 90 members whose
mission is to advance the commercialization and use of SDN and the
OpenFlow protocol. ONF will accelerate the delivery and use of SDN
and OpenFlow technologies and standards while fostering a vibrant
market of products, services, applications, customers, and users. For
further details visit the ONF website at:
http://www.opennetworking.org <http://www.opennetworking.org/>.
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